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right now, senator reid, harry reid is in mitch mcconnell's office. the majority leader said a short time ago he hopes there will be a deal before that 3:00 meeting. there's a whole heck of a lot happening right now.
right now, senator reid, harry reid is in mitch mcconnell's office. the majority leader said a short time ago he hopes there will be a deal before that 3:00 meeting. there's a whole heck of a lot happening right now.
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harry reid seems to be keeping him out of the negotiations? >> my sense is he's involved in all the discussions, involved in all the meetings at the white house. i suspect over the long haul he will play a constructive role here. he's involved in the meetings this afternoon with the leadership. i don't think there's any magic bullet, no secret player. there's very fundamental things that have to be done here. room has to be created for a serious discussion about the long-term in terms of the budget and that has to be done in such a way that both houses of congress pass it. the senate seems to be moving that direction. again, the bottom line on it is will john boehner put what they pass on the floor. there's tremendous resentment between the house and the senate as you know. not just democrats and republicans but republicans and republicans. so you know, that is what everybody is going to be waiting to see if there's a solution and there may well be in the next 12 or 24 hours as senator corker suggests. is it one the house will have a chance to
harry reid seems to be keeping him out of the negotiations? >> my sense is he's involved in all the discussions, involved in all the meetings at the white house. i suspect over the long haul he will play a constructive role here. he's involved in the meetings this afternoon with the leadership. i don't think there's any magic bullet, no secret player. there's very fundamental things that have to be done here. room has to be created for a serious discussion about the long-term in terms of...
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we've got seven nominations right now that senate majority leader harry reid filed cloture on. we have richard cordray to be director of the consumer of financial protection, richard griffin to be in the nlrb, sharon bloch, mark gaston, nlrb, thomas perxz, secretary and of labor. these nominees for the national labor relations board are very controversial. after the court ruled that obama recess appointments of three members or invalid richard cordray was also part of a recess appointment that was not subject to a lawsuit and the supreme court will decide nlrb cases. this action would probably take these actions out of the court and that is in the interest of this administration not to have the embarrassment of the supreme court if they came out with a decision contrary. i don't know how this will play after a i would love to hear by other members of the panel how this will happen to understand specifically how the nuclear option would even come into play. what happens on tuesday morning if there is no agreement how does it play out? is the threshold merely lowered from 60 to 5
we've got seven nominations right now that senate majority leader harry reid filed cloture on. we have richard cordray to be director of the consumer of financial protection, richard griffin to be in the nlrb, sharon bloch, mark gaston, nlrb, thomas perxz, secretary and of labor. these nominees for the national labor relations board are very controversial. after the court ruled that obama recess appointments of three members or invalid richard cordray was also part of a recess appointment that...
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the president has called john boehner, nancy pelosi, mitch mcconnell and harry reid to the white house this afternoon. joining me mow for our daily fix, chris cillizza, and nbc capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. kelly, first to you. what do you expect? are there any signs a all of negotiating or of beginning to budge on this, especially if the white house is saying consistently that they are not going to change their position on obama care? >> well, ann dree yarks i think there are new activities, but does that mean there's any new real movement? that i don't see yet. i can tell you that senator harry reid has placed a phone call to speaker boehner followed up by a letter that i've got here on my ipad that begins with this sort of interesting political statement. this is reid to boehner. i hated the iraq war. i think i hated it as much as you hate the affordable care act. sort of setting the tone of they've both been in difficult positions politically in the past. now, reid goes on later in the letter to say to boehner, if you open the government, i will appoint the negotiator
the president has called john boehner, nancy pelosi, mitch mcconnell and harry reid to the white house this afternoon. joining me mow for our daily fix, chris cillizza, and nbc capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. kelly, first to you. what do you expect? are there any signs a all of negotiating or of beginning to budge on this, especially if the white house is saying consistently that they are not going to change their position on obama care? >> well, ann dree yarks i think there...
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but certainly this is in harry reid's mind. i would say a couple polls this week showed republicans are blamed by the public more than democrats are for being obstructionists. in that sense harry reid could have some of the numbers on his side. >> thanks to both of you, appreciate it. great conversation. i do appreciate it. >>> still ahead, the george zimmerman acquittal and the issue of the jury's makeup. ♪ when you experience something great, you want to share it. with everyone. that's why more customers recommend verizon, america's largest 4g lte network. resoft would be great, but we really just need "kid-proof." softsprings got both, let me show you. right over here. here, feel this. wow, that's nice. wow. the soft carpets have never been this durable. you know i think we'll take it. get kid-friendly toughness and feet-friendly softness, without walking all over your budget. he didn't tell us it would do this. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, get whole-home installation for just 37
but certainly this is in harry reid's mind. i would say a couple polls this week showed republicans are blamed by the public more than democrats are for being obstructionists. in that sense harry reid could have some of the numbers on his side. >> thanks to both of you, appreciate it. great conversation. i do appreciate it. >>> still ahead, the george zimmerman acquittal and the issue of the jury's makeup. ♪ when you experience something great, you want to share it. with...
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the senate will not accept that bill, harry reid saying they agreed to open the government, agree on raising the debt ceiling, but didn't seem to have much love beyond that. democratic senators now talking about where they go from here, but it's very clear from the tenor at this press conference that there doesn't seem to be a lot of room to move and maneuver for both sides. we are expecting susan collins. as soon as the democrats are finished, to come up and take the mike. she will have some words about what happened to her deal that she offered up. we want to bring in athena joans, who is watches all this. so much workers aren't working, congress is sort of working. can you put this in any context for us? >> reporter: hi, miguel, the context is a few days ago we thought there was progress, of course, being defined by the fact that the sides were talking, that the president was holding meeting with house and senate republicans. it at least that appears debt now. on the senate side, this proposal by susan collins and joe manchin that would both reopen the government and raise the deb
the senate will not accept that bill, harry reid saying they agreed to open the government, agree on raising the debt ceiling, but didn't seem to have much love beyond that. democratic senators now talking about where they go from here, but it's very clear from the tenor at this press conference that there doesn't seem to be a lot of room to move and maneuver for both sides. we are expecting susan collins. as soon as the democrats are finished, to come up and take the mike. she will have some...
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the white house, and harry reid was the bad guy. republicans were divided, now they're scattered and in retre retreat. >> mike, you called it two weeks ago. i'm sorry, you did. i would have liked it to go a different way. mike, you and i will have another late night. don't go too far. we'll get back to mike as soon as there, there are further developments. we do expect to hear from the president once this passes both houses. let's go to the senate. we are expecting the bill to go through the senate furs. we're looking at senator schumer from new york. until then i want to bring in alice fitzgerald. she reports on the markets, economy, and politics. that's where we are right now. those things have come together. most people don't spend a lot of time in all of them, and now everyone in america has got to understand this. >> we're actually where they intersect most clearly. tomorrow, treasurely bills, how our government borrows money. if they sell bonds, if they don't have the authority to borrow that money, to sell those bonds, they d
the white house, and harry reid was the bad guy. republicans were divided, now they're scattered and in retre retreat. >> mike, you called it two weeks ago. i'm sorry, you did. i would have liked it to go a different way. mike, you and i will have another late night. don't go too far. we'll get back to mike as soon as there, there are further developments. we do expect to hear from the president once this passes both houses. let's go to the senate. we are expecting the bill to go through...
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it looks like it was harry reid 1, mitch mcconnell 0. >> how i think he is right. harry reid won. i am disappointed. i was hoping there would not be a deal and harry reid would go nuclear. i wanted him to go thermonuclear. he did this only four presidential appointees. i was hoping he would buy about a filibuster all together because republicans are likely going to have control of the senate soon. it iside argues hypocritical depending on who is in the majority and minority. there's not one person on the field who is principal about this. if you are going to drop the big one, do it. i am disappointed. i wish i had seen the leveling of the playing field. >> are you disappointed? >> i am not. the reason we got this outcome is because john mccain did the same thing as 10 years ago. he recognized the senate was about to take a serious step that could disrupt the place. andink he put party behind put comity ahead. he brought them to some resolution. he is still going to oppose nominations and nominees. but you do not have to resort to a filibuster over each nominee. they reached the ri
it looks like it was harry reid 1, mitch mcconnell 0. >> how i think he is right. harry reid won. i am disappointed. i was hoping there would not be a deal and harry reid would go nuclear. i wanted him to go thermonuclear. he did this only four presidential appointees. i was hoping he would buy about a filibuster all together because republicans are likely going to have control of the senate soon. it iside argues hypocritical depending on who is in the majority and minority. there's not...
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senator harry reid said that back in 2005. he is now scheduled to do his unamerican act for a vote on monday in the old senate chamber and then a vote on tuesday. why is there a debate about this in the old senate chamber? the old senate chamber does not have television coverage. c-span viewers will not be able to watch and there will be no gallery where the public can see what is going on in the debate. by the way, then senator obama said that if the senate broke the rules to change the rules "the fighting, the bitterness, and the gridlock would only get worse." unlike many of the president's other announcements, he certainly is correct about this one. i also want to give you quotes from another couple of people. senator bill nelson from florida said "we must encourage compromise not to change the rules in the middle of the game bordering on abuse of power. surely, the senator can rise above these partisan politics and come together for the sake of the nation." another senator, tim johnson, democrat of south dakota pointed ou
senator harry reid said that back in 2005. he is now scheduled to do his unamerican act for a vote on monday in the old senate chamber and then a vote on tuesday. why is there a debate about this in the old senate chamber? the old senate chamber does not have television coverage. c-span viewers will not be able to watch and there will be no gallery where the public can see what is going on in the debate. by the way, then senator obama said that if the senate broke the rules to change the rules...
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if harry reid forces a government shutdown, that will be a mistake. i hope he backs away that he's pushing us towards. if harry reid shuts the government down, what he will be saying is american families don't get treated as well as we treat giant corporations. >> now, a "wall street journal" editorial board is suggesting the president is to blame writing that his refusal to negotiate suggests that he wants a shutdown. his agenda idying on capitol hill because of senate democrats as well as house republicans. what's your reaction to the claim that it's really democrats who are refusing to budge and they're the ones leading us towards a shutdown? >> it's an effort to spin off the responsibility that the republicans rightfully own, trying to drive the entire economy off the cliff with its huge impact on the creation of jobs and the momentum of our economy. certainly they don't want to take responsibility for it. but it's not going to succeed. the path that they have been advocating for is delusional and it's destructive. >> house republicans argue that
if harry reid forces a government shutdown, that will be a mistake. i hope he backs away that he's pushing us towards. if harry reid shuts the government down, what he will be saying is american families don't get treated as well as we treat giant corporations. >> now, a "wall street journal" editorial board is suggesting the president is to blame writing that his refusal to negotiate suggests that he wants a shutdown. his agenda idying on capitol hill because of senate...
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. >> we're watching harry reid right now. i know you want to listen to what they have to say, so we'll let you get back to there. >>> as for wall street, it certainly seems to be pleased with the news that is coming out of washington. stocks taking off from the opening bell on the possibility that a deal could be imminent. the dow holding on to its triple digit gains all day long. we turn now to john terrett, and john the numbers in positive territory all morning, does wall street know something that main street doesn't? >> reporter: that's the $64,000 question. asian stocks were up, the london market was ahead, but then it slipped back, but this market from the get-go -- i mean it was immediately ahead by 80 points, and it only went down to about 60 points, and now it is up around 90 as you see. it's a fantastic day. so what is the reason for that? i'm joined by allen valdez, he is one of the floor workers here at the new york stock exchange. why is the market so far ahead when you might otherwise have expected it to be pani
. >> we're watching harry reid right now. i know you want to listen to what they have to say, so we'll let you get back to there. >>> as for wall street, it certainly seems to be pleased with the news that is coming out of washington. stocks taking off from the opening bell on the possibility that a deal could be imminent. the dow holding on to its triple digit gains all day long. we turn now to john terrett, and john the numbers in positive territory all morning, does wall...
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senate majority leader harry reid calls a bipartisan caucus tonight on his proposal to change the senate rules and block routine fiphi filibusters. >> during the four years that president obama has been president, he's already had 16 of his nominations filibustered. >>> great expectations. the world's media plays the waiting game outside the london hospital where kate middleton will give birth to britain's newest heir to the throne, the prince or princess is due any day now. the reporters at least are more than ready. >>> it is insanity. it is total, total insanity. every time something like this happens we all go completely mad. >>> and good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. just one of many cities across the nation where people were protesting the not guilty verdict in the george zimmerman trial. we are monitoring all of the continuing reaction today, including a community prayer selves this afternoon in sanford, florida. joining me now, msnbc's craig melvin, live in sanford. msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom. thanks so much to both of you. first of all of, what do you expect in san
senate majority leader harry reid calls a bipartisan caucus tonight on his proposal to change the senate rules and block routine fiphi filibusters. >> during the four years that president obama has been president, he's already had 16 of his nominations filibustered. >>> great expectations. the world's media plays the waiting game outside the london hospital where kate middleton will give birth to britain's newest heir to the throne, the prince or princess is due any day now. the...
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as you and i are talking harry reid is addressing the group right now. let's talk this through, john. isn't it somewhat disingenuous for some legislators to say, "i don't want a government shut down", but they do things that lead to a shutdown. that's the equivalent of eating 20,000 calories and saying, "i don't want to gain weight", if you do something like that, you'll gain weight. actions are leading to a government shutdown. it's disingenuous to say, "i don't want a government shutdown", if you do things that lead to a gridlock. >> the problem is the way the constituencies are in, that have been operated and the boundaries changed, some are in safe seats. they feel comfortable and able to say and do things that won't lead to them or their colleagues losing their seats. others are more panic stricken about that. at the end of the day what is driving them, of course, is the people in the constituencies and the people funding them, and they have to fall into line with those people for as long as they can, until the 11th hour comms. we see this time and
as you and i are talking harry reid is addressing the group right now. let's talk this through, john. isn't it somewhat disingenuous for some legislators to say, "i don't want a government shut down", but they do things that lead to a shutdown. that's the equivalent of eating 20,000 calories and saying, "i don't want to gain weight", if you do something like that, you'll gain weight. actions are leading to a government shutdown. it's disingenuous to say, "i don't want a...
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he even said this is now for harry reid and mitch mcconnell to decide and they couldn't either the when they actually did vote on new year's eve it undermined what has been the governing rule of the republicans for the past decade, which is nothing should pass without a majority vote and they didn't have a majority vote, and then immediately turned around to re-elect him speaker. it was never really in doubt. but i think having 12 votes, essentially 12 votes on the floor against -- against his speakership being re-elected with only 220 votes does not send a message of strength going into these next rounds. gwen: and mike, when all is said and done -- nice pen drop there! -- when all is said and didn't you president was still able to wrangle his basics. he wanted to be able to raise taxes on the wealthy, however you define wealthy, and he got that. >> certainly the white house and other democrats look at this and say this is a water shed moment. we got the democrats to break the cardinal, visceral value they have, raising taxes. the only problem is on new year's day taxes were already hi
he even said this is now for harry reid and mitch mcconnell to decide and they couldn't either the when they actually did vote on new year's eve it undermined what has been the governing rule of the republicans for the past decade, which is nothing should pass without a majority vote and they didn't have a majority vote, and then immediately turned around to re-elect him speaker. it was never really in doubt. but i think having 12 votes, essentially 12 votes on the floor against -- against his...
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harry reid. yeah. this was the day everybody had been wait forget in terms of changing how the senate operates. and if you hear sad trombones, that's why. on election day this year americans voted overwhelmingly to re-elect president obama four more years. that same day people also voted to re-elect senate democrats and to send a large number of them to congress, more than the republicans. more senate democrats than republicans which put harry reid in charge of the senate for another two years. and the very next day after the election harry reid in his first post-election press conference said that he was going to fix the unprecedented problem we have in washington with how republicans have broken the united states senate through abusing the rules. >> it looks like there are going to be a number of -- many more filibusters on motions to proceed. do you think -- do you have any plans to change the filibuster? >> yes, i do. i've said so publicly, and i continue to feel that way. i think that the rules ha
harry reid. yeah. this was the day everybody had been wait forget in terms of changing how the senate operates. and if you hear sad trombones, that's why. on election day this year americans voted overwhelmingly to re-elect president obama four more years. that same day people also voted to re-elect senate democrats and to send a large number of them to congress, more than the republicans. more senate democrats than republicans which put harry reid in charge of the senate for another two years....
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we have harry reid, mitch mcconnell on "meet the press" this weekend. you definitely want to see it. don't miss that. they went head to head on the floor. see how it turns out. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> a teenager is dead. he is dead through no fault of his own. he is dead because another man made assumptions. he is dead not just because the man made those assumptions but because he acted upon those assumptions. unfortunately, unfortunately, because his assumptions were wrong, trayvon benjamin martin no longer walks on this earth. >> the murder trial of george zimmerman winding down. what can we expect as the defense gets set to present its closing arguments? >>> going nuclear? the leaders of the senate in a war of words over the use of the filibuster. >>> and the movie that's sweeping the nation. we're talking about "sharknado" and the twitter response that has sharks all over the world planning their 15 minutes of fame. this is "way too early." >>> hi, everybody. so we'll get wet and wild with "sharknado" in a moment. i'm thomas roberts in fo
we have harry reid, mitch mcconnell on "meet the press" this weekend. you definitely want to see it. don't miss that. they went head to head on the floor. see how it turns out. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> a teenager is dead. he is dead through no fault of his own. he is dead because another man made assumptions. he is dead not just because the man made those assumptions but because he acted upon those assumptions. unfortunately, unfortunately, because his...
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senators came and worked out a deal with harry reid and john mccain. under certain conditions could you require this kind of filibuster, you set the criteria for the judge did that you want at the appellate level, and then you go. they are blocking the president's appointment powers. that is why you have to think about the nuclear option. >> all of this began when bush nominated a promising, rising young hispanic attorney named .iguel estrada obviously on the way to becoming a supreme court justice. the democrats refuse to act on this for over two years, at which point, he withdrew. i agree with you. for presidential nominees, if should be 50 votes. >> for the record, i am catholic. the reality is, what you have done here is you have the government on its knees. republican senators have hidden behind a filibuster. it is time for them to show some spine and vote up or down on nominees and not hide behind the smokescreen of the filibuster. >> we are not a religious program but we are a compassionate program, so therefore, we feel obliged to consider whet
senators came and worked out a deal with harry reid and john mccain. under certain conditions could you require this kind of filibuster, you set the criteria for the judge did that you want at the appellate level, and then you go. they are blocking the president's appointment powers. that is why you have to think about the nuclear option. >> all of this began when bush nominated a promising, rising young hispanic attorney named .iguel estrada obviously on the way to becoming a supreme...
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they are going to put forward this bill they know will be shut down by harry reid. then it goes back to the house and then john boehner has a decision to make. does he shut down the government or put a bill that could get democratic support, which is the clean one and move forward, or is there some miracle hue deanny, something out of the mitch mcconnell hat, we've seen this in the fiscal cliff negotiations in 2010 that could avert the government shutdown at least for a week and we negotiate this further? that's what's happening here. nobody knows what exactly the path is going to be. i will tell you, tour'e, the fact they'll send the bill over to the senate again the way the place works with parliamentary procedure, it's difficult to see now how we can avert a government shutdown with the amount of time it's going to take to debate. things could change. someone -- the angels could sing and someone might be awakened and decide they don't want to go down this road anymore. things are not looking good for the government to operate at 100% tomorrow morning. >> i love t
they are going to put forward this bill they know will be shut down by harry reid. then it goes back to the house and then john boehner has a decision to make. does he shut down the government or put a bill that could get democratic support, which is the clean one and move forward, or is there some miracle hue deanny, something out of the mitch mcconnell hat, we've seen this in the fiscal cliff negotiations in 2010 that could avert the government shutdown at least for a week and we negotiate...
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you can think about harry reid talking' baseball. ... talking about baseball. that won't just delay your orgasm, you will never have an orgasm ever again. it's the world's most boring man in the world's most boring place discussing the world's most boring sport. it's like an ambien stuffed inside a lunesta covered by a bottle of niquil. it's a snore-ducken, if you will. now, this is actually a dance as old as time because the majority party wants to get rid of the filibuster whereas the other party -- let's call them the minority -- fights them tooth and nail which means harry reid and the senior senators from kentucky are about to engage into an ultimate age fighting. >> this isn't a power grab. i don't know what a power grab looks like. >> no matter how often my friend rudely talks about me not breaking my word, i'm not going to respond talking about how many times he's broken his word. >> we don't pull back from the brink here, my friend the majority leader is going to be remembered as the worst leader of the senate ever. >> john: owe, the worst ever. mcconn
you can think about harry reid talking' baseball. ... talking about baseball. that won't just delay your orgasm, you will never have an orgasm ever again. it's the world's most boring man in the world's most boring place discussing the world's most boring sport. it's like an ambien stuffed inside a lunesta covered by a bottle of niquil. it's a snore-ducken, if you will. now, this is actually a dance as old as time because the majority party wants to get rid of the filibuster whereas the other...
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but he's not always going to get his way and neater will harry reid. >> harry reid has said he's been seeking to go to conference -- >> not on a single appropriations bill. he's talking about the budget which outlines the overall spending but specifically on appropriations, which is the issue here, harry reid hasn't passed a bill in four years. do your work, senate, and let's get this figured out. >> tim huelskamp, thanks for your time, sir. >>> earlier monday the president phoned top leaders including harry reid, mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi and john boehner. last night on the house floor boehner did an impression of how it went. >> i didn't come here to shut down the government. how do we give a break to all the big businesses out there and yet stick our constituents with a bill that they don't want and a bill they can't afford? that's what this fight's all about. i talked to the president earlier tonight. i'm not going to negotiate. i'm not going to negotiate. i'm not going to do this. well, i would say to the president, this is not about me and it's not about republicans here in
but he's not always going to get his way and neater will harry reid. >> harry reid has said he's been seeking to go to conference -- >> not on a single appropriations bill. he's talking about the budget which outlines the overall spending but specifically on appropriations, which is the issue here, harry reid hasn't passed a bill in four years. do your work, senate, and let's get this figured out. >> tim huelskamp, thanks for your time, sir. >>> earlier monday the...
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we've heard harry reid speak. nancy pelosi and harry reid took a lot of questions. the president of the united states is completely quiet. is he going to say anything or just stay in his lair? >> i don't know with that. we're wondering if it was possible earlier this evening. because the speaker of the house was coming out. and those democratic leaders from congress, harry reid and nancy pelosi, came out. but i can't really surmaze why the president did or did not come out. he did talk to a white house official who said if you look at what happened in that meeting, if you listen to what they said coming out, it is obvious no progress was made. that was plain to see and hear as we were standing outside the west wing. i was there as john boehner walked out for a few moments. and up that harry rood received took questions. john boehner took no questions. we want to continue on the resolution. and he said, and the white house won't do that and democrats won't do that. and he walked off. and then harry reid and most pelosi, it was striking to me. harry reid said we are l
we've heard harry reid speak. nancy pelosi and harry reid took a lot of questions. the president of the united states is completely quiet. is he going to say anything or just stay in his lair? >> i don't know with that. we're wondering if it was possible earlier this evening. because the speaker of the house was coming out. and those democratic leaders from congress, harry reid and nancy pelosi, came out. but i can't really surmaze why the president did or did not come out. he did talk to...
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harry reid sees as the nuclear option. the "a-team" takes it up here next. ♪ this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "fumbling around with rotating categories" card. it's not the etting blindsided by limits" card. it's the no-game-playing, no-earning-limit-having, deep-bomb-throwing, give-me-the-ball-and-i'll-take- it-to-the-house, cash back card. this is the quicksilver cash card from capital one. unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere, every single day. so let me ask you... at's in your wallet? lou: 85-year-old american veteran of the korean war has been detained in north korea for more than 3 weeks according to his family, they are trying to get him home to palo alto, california before thanksgiving. he was on a 9-day trip, when he was pulled off the aircraft when he was abouto leave north korea. two by lots who were flying a cargo plane are in difficulty after they landed at a wrong airport in kansas, about 8 miles north of their intended destination. >> no word on who is
harry reid sees as the nuclear option. the "a-team" takes it up here next. ♪ this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "fumbling around with rotating categories" card. it's not the etting blindsided by limits" card. it's the no-game-playing, no-earning-limit-having, deep-bomb-throwing, give-me-the-ball-and-i'll-take- it-to-the-house, cash back card. this is the quicksilver cash card from capital one. unlimited 1.5% cash back on every...
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mitch mcconnell had to negotiate with harry reid so that the recent debt ceiling bill included a provision that there would be a second vote expressing approval or disapproval of the first vote. (laughter) in short, g.o.p. senators voted for raising the debt ceiling on the stipulation they could vote against having voted for it. proving that republicans may not be bipartisan but they may be bipolar. (laughter). (cheers and applause) and these brave 27 statesmen led by mitch mcconnell took this stand for the noblest of reasons-- to get reelected. i for one cannot wait for the campaign ads-- so i didn't. jim? >> mitch mcconnell claims to be a small-government conservative but he voted with the democrats to raise the debt ceiling. but mitch mcconnell knows that was wrong. he took a stand against mitch mcconnell. (laughter) mitch mcconnell, wrong for kentucky. vote change. vote mitch mcconnell. (laughter) i'm mitch mcconnell and i approve this message. no i don't! (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: folks, with an ad like that one one of them can't lose. (laughter) nation, you watch t
mitch mcconnell had to negotiate with harry reid so that the recent debt ceiling bill included a provision that there would be a second vote expressing approval or disapproval of the first vote. (laughter) in short, g.o.p. senators voted for raising the debt ceiling on the stipulation they could vote against having voted for it. proving that republicans may not be bipartisan but they may be bipolar. (laughter). (cheers and applause) and these brave 27 statesmen led by mitch mcconnell took this...
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we heard from mitch mcconnell and harry reid. if you look back and the rate of approval in terms of nominees comparing to the george w bush administration, what does it look like? >> president obama's nominees have seen a wait time of around 140 days. under george w. bush, those same nominees saw a wait time about a quarter of that amount. for district nominees, they have waited around 100 days. three times the wait time of george w. bush's nominees. you have seen significantly longer wait time from court approval. the difference was the senate democrats had it different strategy mixing the process up. they would try to hurt the nominee's chances before they even got to committee. when harry reid went on to the floor in the midst of this nuclear debate, they talked about how half of the cloture motions have come under president obama's term. which is a startling statistic. i think from 1917 through 1960, only 4 cloture motions were ever invoked the past 13 years. were ever invoked. the past 13 years, the number is 280. >> these n
we heard from mitch mcconnell and harry reid. if you look back and the rate of approval in terms of nominees comparing to the george w bush administration, what does it look like? >> president obama's nominees have seen a wait time of around 140 days. under george w. bush, those same nominees saw a wait time about a quarter of that amount. for district nominees, they have waited around 100 days. three times the wait time of george w. bush's nominees. you have seen significantly longer...
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our photographer just saw him go into harry reid's office. he's currently meeting, i don't know, one-on-one, or maybe with other members of the senate democratic leadership in the office of senator harry reid, which is just around the corner from where i'm standing right now. you see this crowd of people behind me. those are reporters waiting to see if the vice president is going to come through because he's eventually going to come through he and meet with all of the senate democrats for the meeting you were talking about with the senator. sounds as though they're doing a little talking about -- a little bit of a game plan about how they're going to present this to the caucus, and obviously, that's a very delicate issue for reasons we have been talking about. the democratic caucus, many of them are not happy. in fact, i have to tell you i was told by one democratic senator when they put up on a screen, they put up yesterday in a meeting that democrats were having, they put up almost like a power point, i believe, some of the aspects of the p
our photographer just saw him go into harry reid's office. he's currently meeting, i don't know, one-on-one, or maybe with other members of the senate democratic leadership in the office of senator harry reid, which is just around the corner from where i'm standing right now. you see this crowd of people behind me. those are reporters waiting to see if the vice president is going to come through because he's eventually going to come through he and meet with all of the senate democrats for the...
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reid or should i say sushi chef haruki reidamoto. now at some point folks might notice all these priests and chefs hanging around the capitol building which is why we must relocate congress somewhere where it can never be found, thousands of miles under a mountain guarded by rivers of magma and armed mole men. of course, to ensure the ultimate in legislative privacy, we should probably change all voting booths to have redacted ballots. instead of pull ago lever, you just throw a dart. now, i don't think americans would notice a difference at this point because if our lawmakers get to make their policy suggestions in secret, we don't know who we're voting for anyway. and that's the wore. we'll be right back. ?ç?çwóóooo?o [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thanks so much. very nice. welcome back. nation, i love humility. and i am proud to say that i am as humble or more humble than anyone else out there. you think you're humbler than me? [bleep] you. i'm the king of humility. so i am a huge fan of first-te
reid or should i say sushi chef haruki reidamoto. now at some point folks might notice all these priests and chefs hanging around the capitol building which is why we must relocate congress somewhere where it can never be found, thousands of miles under a mountain guarded by rivers of magma and armed mole men. of course, to ensure the ultimate in legislative privacy, we should probably change all voting booths to have redacted ballots. instead of pull ago lever, you just throw a dart. now, i...
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and i understand where harry reid is coming from on this. harry reid denounced the nuclear option as if it would end-all life in the union verse and now saying it is his only choice. it runs both sides very deep. >> this is a rule been in place since the 1700s. thank you for the context. >> here is the senate minority mitch mcconnell that is talking about this. >> obviously that was a commitment not kept. we thought he said if you like the senate rules, you can keep them. but in fact we ended up having a discussion with another threat of the so- called nuclear option and then you have sewn what they did today. talk about a manufactured crisis we confirmed 215 judges and defooted two. and the problem is was with regard to the dc circuit was related to the size of the court and docket. we took the same view, senate democrats took during the bush administration that there was no rational for extending and increasing the membership of the dc circuit. exactly the same rational and signed by shumer and kennedy and others saying there was no need f
and i understand where harry reid is coming from on this. harry reid denounced the nuclear option as if it would end-all life in the union verse and now saying it is his only choice. it runs both sides very deep. >> this is a rule been in place since the 1700s. thank you for the context. >> here is the senate minority mitch mcconnell that is talking about this. >> obviously that was a commitment not kept. we thought he said if you like the senate rules, you can keep them. but...
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harry reid talking about a fundamental change to the filibuster. let's listen. >> counter number 243 as 1356. the bill to amendment the workforce act of 1998 and other purposes. >> following my remarks the senate rell summe consideration of the national authorization act for first-degree amendment to the bill as 1:00 p.m. today. mr. president, i am told that s-1752 is due for a second reading. >> the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. >> 1752, a bill to reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the uniform code of military justice and further purposes. >> aisha, let me bring you into this, because we know he's talking about the defense authorization bill and the sexual assault amendment that kristin gillibrand is pushing that is part of this bill. let me get your take on what you expect to happen here today? >> i've talked about this before, i really expect the democrats to stand firm in blocking this crazy attempt by republicans to continue to thwart the progress of
harry reid talking about a fundamental change to the filibuster. let's listen. >> counter number 243 as 1356. the bill to amendment the workforce act of 1998 and other purposes. >> following my remarks the senate rell summe consideration of the national authorization act for first-degree amendment to the bill as 1:00 p.m. today. mr. president, i am told that s-1752 is due for a second reading. >> the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. >> 1752, a...
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harry reid brought to the floor a bill to increase the debt ceiling by a trillion dollars over the next year without doing anything at all to deal with spending which is our fundamental problem. so we need to get a solution there. a trillion dollars is a million dollars every minute for the next year until december of 2014. american families know they can't live that way with that kind of borrowing without dealing with the spend -- spending. it is time for washington to get the spending under control. and we need to address that in a responsible way for the future of our children and our grandchildren. >> vow saying the majority leader -- so you are saying the majority leader wants to add a million dollars a minute on top of what we just saw or he won't agree to any deal? >> for the next year and a couple of months he wants to get it past the 2014 elections that's what a trillion dollar increase in the debt ceiling would be. they are offering responsible ways to deal with the incredible debt and deficit and get the spending under control. the american people are demanding that all acros
harry reid brought to the floor a bill to increase the debt ceiling by a trillion dollars over the next year without doing anything at all to deal with spending which is our fundamental problem. so we need to get a solution there. a trillion dollars is a million dollars every minute for the next year until december of 2014. american families know they can't live that way with that kind of borrowing without dealing with the spend -- spending. it is time for washington to get the spending under...
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mitch mcconnell and harry reid - harry reid suggesting that he and mitch mcconnell have known each other a long time and been through this a lot of times, including 31 december last year and did a behind the scenes deal, the two of them, and harry reid hinted that they may have to do the same thing again. one thing to bear in mind - whatever happens has to happen quickly, it will take a couple of days to sort everything out. the debt ceiling deadline, the serious issue now comes up on thursday. >> and this is called governing now. okay. john terrett, live from the capitol. thank you. >> the barack obama administration is allowing states to seize their own money to pay for park operations. some are jumping at the chance. nearly a dozen national parks and monuments are opening thanks to state funding. one is the statue of liberty in new york city, available to tourists for the first time in almost two weeks. utah reopened six attractions, and a day later it opened canyon lands and the glen cannion national recreation area. arizona's grand canyon opened and colorado's rocky mountain nationa
mitch mcconnell and harry reid - harry reid suggesting that he and mitch mcconnell have known each other a long time and been through this a lot of times, including 31 december last year and did a behind the scenes deal, the two of them, and harry reid hinted that they may have to do the same thing again. one thing to bear in mind - whatever happens has to happen quickly, it will take a couple of days to sort everything out. the debt ceiling deadline, the serious issue now comes up on thursday....
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this is not a way to govern, there's glowing momentum for harry reid to act. even vice president joe biden said it's worth considering the nuclear option. and today, both barbara boxer and dianne fienstein join a growing number of senate democrats in support of the nuclear option. harry reid today said once again he is actively weighing the nuclear option. >> one of the leading advocates of filibuster reform. your mission if you choose to accept it, to convince me that this is not groundhog day. we played some tape of, says this has spent the majority leader's patient and we're going to -- >> we have had a lot of sentiment in the senate that we should try to restore the social contract. but unfortunately, each time we think we have that understanding, it's deeply abused and certainly in january of this year, mitch mcconnell promised and i quote, a return to the norms and traditions of the senate nominations. >> why would anyone think he was telling the truth? everyone who saw that who's been following this, knows that's the thing he says before swiftly embarki
this is not a way to govern, there's glowing momentum for harry reid to act. even vice president joe biden said it's worth considering the nuclear option. and today, both barbara boxer and dianne fienstein join a growing number of senate democrats in support of the nuclear option. harry reid today said once again he is actively weighing the nuclear option. >> one of the leading advocates of filibuster reform. your mission if you choose to accept it, to convince me that this is not...
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the senate is staying in harry reid thing that you can keep them through christmas eve. the reason is because they got rid of the filibuster and in all of these appointments that they want to usher in there because they are loading this up with all the very left liberals. neil: i would go with the viewers on this one and i would look at the stock market rise, we have been most obstructionist. the economy is slow, but how are they going to fix that? >> like 10 days or so. now miley cyrus is performing at times square just moments before the ball dropped. and lots of you are talking about that. so why do we want this to be part of our future? what is wrong with us? i feel so badly for the music industry. and i wanted to see this as much as i wted to see you on the times square ball. [laughter] >> why was there an image that appeared in my head? >> i don't want to know. >> we are talking about this, the instability of politics and the whole general stage. it is the culture wars that bill o'reilly talks about. and what is it about it looking like this is part of your situati
the senate is staying in harry reid thing that you can keep them through christmas eve. the reason is because they got rid of the filibuster and in all of these appointments that they want to usher in there because they are loading this up with all the very left liberals. neil: i would go with the viewers on this one and i would look at the stock market rise, we have been most obstructionist. the economy is slow, but how are they going to fix that? >> like 10 days or so. now miley cyrus...